June 11, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

A 6/8 article in LJ sister publication Tradeshow Week highlights new ALA conference programs born out of increased usage in libraries and notes the healthy number of conference registrants at this stage, quoting show director Paul Graller as saying that “registration [for the ALA conference] is currently running ahead of the last two years.” More from Tradeshow Week

May 2, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

From May 3-16, San Francisco Public Library patrons will be able to return overdue books and materials without penalty. The fine amnesty program’s key spokesperson is Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who earlier this year guided his plane to a safe landing in New York City’s Hudson River, taking four library books with him (initially reported to be just one). Watch Sullenberger and other local celebrities in video shorts promoting the program. In his video outtake, Sullenberger speaks of the freeze-drying process he hopes will restore his library books to returnable condition.

March 5, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Earlier this week, OverDrive posted its updated list of most downloaded titles from libraries. Of particular note: for the month of February, Dexter Hawk’s 25 Things To Say to the Interviewer, To Get the Job You Want (Blackstone Audio) jumped past Barack Obama’s The Audacity of Hope (Books on Tape) to become the digital media distributor's most downloaded nonfiction audiobook.

March 3, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

At this year’s South Carolina Book Festival, held February 27–March 1 at the Columbia Convention Center, attendees stopping by the State Library’s exhibit booth spoke to why they love their libraries. A sample (2:42) of their responses: 

February 18, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Rockstar Games has released an additional episode to this year’s top-selling videogame, the Mature-rated Grand Theft Auto IV. Titled “The Lost and Damned” and starring Johnny Klebitz, a Liberty City biker gang member (pictured), the Xbox 360 console add-on is available as a $19.99 download exclusively through Microsoft’s Xbox Live Internet service (watch the game trailer). The New York Times, which ...Read More